at the psychological association, to transport it for themselves and that they are not suffering from any ill effects. doctors have given them the all clear. the traffic says i say. you can hear the fire trucks going by. returning to normal. but of course normal down here on north capitol is not good especially at this hour. thank you. >> all right, bruce leshan, thank you for the update. good they got the all clear. in the meantime, another coastal storm is hitting our area. >> more snow coming tonight. chief meteorologist, topper shutt, is keeping a close eye on this storm, top? >> reporter: it's going to come closer to the coast and a very intense storm. we knew that all along. let's start with the headlines. looking at rain right now. but it will turn to snow t tonight. wednesday in the morning, there's going to be more snow, but it will not be on the roads. it may look impressive wednesday morning, trying to get to work

or school. but the roads should be okay. just keep that in mind. it may look worse than what it is. the radar precipitation combined. right now, it is actually in the form of rain, but it will turn to snow. snowing noun in danville, in greensburg and raleigh. and that produced snow today in atlanta. check this out. i mean, it's kind of unusual. early march. their average high is about 60. look at the snow coming down. it'll be mostly here, late tonight and tomorrow morning. don't freak out. the good news is that the temperatures are above freezing. for the most part, for most of us, inside the beltway, we'll remain above freezing tonight and tomorrow. we'll come back, i had to do it. drawing the snowfall accumulation. we'll have that for you in just a bit. it's been a busy month for police in montgomery county that focus on human trafficking. making three arrests in separate cases, where women as young as 15 have been forced to work as prostitutes. dave statter is in the information center with more on the story. >> reporter: police say if you

look deeper than the escort service ads, you will find human trafficking. montgomery county police say that the baltimore washington carter is a prime location where women and teenage girls are recruited and coerced and forced to continue working as prostitutes. >> reporter: he ran an internet escort service. they said it was a front for prostitution. according to detectives, the women were recruited from internet social websites. extortion was used to keep them in line. >> he would take photographs of them and threaten them if he tried to leave to send the photograph to their family and reveal that they were actual prostitutes. >> reporter: he thought he was meeting a 16-year-old girl on facebook, but police wanted to use that girl as a prostitute. >> the internet has basically become a modern day track for prostitution and human trafficking. it's hidden because you no longer see people walking up

and down the streets that are obviously engaged in this. >> reporter: the girls and women work out of motels in montgomery county. it was in one of them that they found a 15-year-old girl sent down from new york where rodney promised her a modeling career. sent to maryland under the guys of the photo shoot. >> so much traffic going in and out that the hotel became suspicious. and they notified the police department. when they arrived and they went into the room, they actually found the 15-year-old engaged in a sexual act with an individual. >> reporter: the detective said that besides the internet, the other big tool is a motel or hotel room. their investigations take them to see the little runed down rooms for the high priced luxury hotels in the county. >> so dave, what kind of age range are we talking about here? under 15? >> reporter: well, they range from 14 years old according to detectives to 50 years old to women and young girls who were not well educated, don't have a

high school diploma to those who do have a college degree. >> incredible. thanks for that, dave. we have breaking news right now on marion barry late this afternoon, the dc council voted unanimously to sensor the ward aid councilman. by helping award a $15,000 city contract to a woman he was having a sexual relationship with. the council voted on tuesday to adopt the findings of the report and strip barry of his chairmanship of the committee on housing and the work force development. before the council voted, barry told his colleagues that the report was "flawed and he was being singled out unfairly." saying he violated no law except the law of common sense. barry did not vote in this issue. starting tomorrow, gay and lesbian couples could start applying for marriage licenses in the district. but opponents are still challenging the bill. asking the supreme court for a delay to bring the matter to a city wide referendum.

passing the raw in december approving the -- the law in december approving the same-sex marriage. you'll hear more about the steps that the dc superior court is taking to prepare for tomorrow's historic day. a bill to allow people to carry a concealed weapon into a bar in virginia is headed to the governor's desk. the legislation will be signed into law by bob mcdonald. the gun law has been vie toed by -- vetoed by the democratic legislatures. the supreme court is considering a challenge to chicago's handgun banned. saying they should extend the decision that talks about the district gun law in 2008. the attorneys for chicago say that people are allowed to have other types of firearms. they are expected to release their decisions in june. the driver that admits to plowing into a group of street racing fans and killing eight of them learned his fate today.

audrey barnes is live in upper marlboro with the verdict. audrey, tell us more. >> reporter: darren bullock was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the incident along the rural stretch near apop the road. his family had a tough time watching him begin his sentence in handcuffs. michael wall says he's the only dad the 22-year-old, darren bullock, has ever known. now his child is going to jail for 15 years. after pleading guilty to eight counts of vehicular manslaughter in the deaths of eight people watching the illegal street race in february of 2008. >> he came to me. he said he wanted to accept his responsibility for hitting a crowd of people. that is what he did. >> reporter: he read a statement before sentencing. apologizing to the victim's relatives. his mother said she's lost someone too.

>> we're sorry for everything that has happened. is can ex -- we're sorry for the families that have lost the loved ones, but it is well that we have lost. >> reporter: and despite the guilty plea, bull lock's family -- bullock's family maintains the real guilty parties are still out there. the actual street racers. >> it would be great to see one of them stand up and come forward. >> the attorneys say that facts don't bear that out. >> i think his plea reflects he was involved in the race and that he took responsibility for the vehicular manslaughter of eight people. >> reporter: watching the sentencing with the keen interest today, the attorney who represents the other person charged in this case, tavon taylor. he will be retried on vehicular manslaughter charges in october. a mistrial was declared yesterday. >> do you think that he took too much time? >> yeah, any time that you get any time for a crime you don't commit, that's a life sentence.

>> reporter: tavon taylor's new trial is set for october 18. darren bullock is already on his way to prison. back to you. >> audrey, what about the victims relatives? how do they react to the sentence? >> you know, lesli, we have heard a lot of bickering. a lot of people wiping their eyes today. both bull bobbing's family and -- bullock's family and many of the relatives crying today. only one of them spoke. and she had just one thing to ask the defendant, i want to hear the truth. we're not sure exactly if she feels like she got it today. >> all right, audrey, thank you for that. aftershocks continue to roll through the area of south america, hit hard by the powerful earthquake in chile. tonight, aid is starting to arrive in some of the hardest hit regions. here's the latest. the death toll from saturday's 8.8 magnitude quake has climbed up to 800 people. after four days without food, water, power, lewding is finally starting to ease after hundreds

of troops have arrived to enforce the curfew. thousands of soldiers and marines have been deployed across the earthquake's zone. hundreds of tons of food, water, basic supplies, all being flown in. randall is in chile tonight where today, secretary of state, hillary clinton, told that country's president that the united states is ready to help. >> reporter: a military chopper brought much needed supplies to the coastal town. residence lost everything when the earth quake unleash -- earthquake unleashed a tsunami that swallowed their homes. this woman demands the president come and see that they need help. today, chile's president welcomed secretary state, hillary clinton, and u.s. assistance. >> we have identified a mobile field hospital unit with surgical capabilities that is ready to go. >> reporter: clinton brought 25 satellite phones to help the government coordinate recovery efforts. and the earthquake is making communication and transportation a nightmare.

with most flights to the country canceled, border flighteds like this one, jammed as people try to get home to check on loved ones. >> reporter: at this check point, they tell us since saturday, 50 buses have entered the country with 2200 people. the plane reservation canceled. vivian said she waited two days for a bus to get home to her parents. >> what are you going to do when you see your parents? >> oh, i'm just going to hug them. >> while most people were asleep, a camera inside this disco captured the panic. in chile, the second largest city, firefighters continue to look for survivors of the rubble of the collapsed apartment building. curfews and the arrival of 1500 troops, have helped bring rampant moving under control. randall, cbs news, chill lee. >> chile's president says that the country desperately needs cash donations to buy food and medicine as well as generators. a lot of charity groups

setting up text messaging hotlines so you can donate to the relief efforts directly. we have a list on wusa9.com. just look under 9news extras. a prosecution presenting their case against five americans accused of terror-related charges in pack stage -- pakistan. they were arrested last december in punjab. saying muslims must be defended. the men could face life in prison if convicted on terrorist charges. coming up, america's biggest auto maker recalling more than a million vehicles. and another day, another toyota hearing. find out what came out of the marathon session.

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oz, ringing the closing bell on wall street today. that's where the dow finished up two points. and nasdaq rose 7 and s&p 500 climbed two points. we are learning just how much the recall of millions of vehicles have hurt the toyota brand. according to a u.s.a. today poll, 55% of people polled said that toyota reacted too slow to problems with those runaway cars. and 31% of the people said that they thought it was not safe to be in a toyota or a lexus. today, more tough questions were put to the government and the automaker themselves. >> key questions remain unanswered. >> what about the government agencies that are engaged in worrying about the safety issues? did they take these things seriously? >> reporter: for a second time in just days, transportation secretary, the deputy administrator, were posted again for answers regarding toyota's massive recall. >> and every step of the way,

the officials have pushed toyota to try to take the corrective action, so the consumers would be saved. >> reporter: the committee members were not convinced that the sticky gas pedals and the misplaced floor mats triggered toyota's sudden acceleration problem. >> i think the investigators are taking the whole period of time that would rather focus on the floor mats and the microchips because they understand the floor mats. >> i know this, we're going to get to the bottom of the electronics. that's when we commit to you. >> reporter: they question whether toyota really provided all their tests and research results to the safety agencies. >> about three weeks ago, they issued three areas to toyota for everything regarding not what they knew about the floor mats, what they knew about the sticky medal -- pedals. >> reporter: once again, reiterating their pledge to safety and told congress through an interpreter that the country will give safety regulators access to the toyota cars involved in sudden acceleration accesses. >> at this time, all the toyota

vehicles have the electronic data recorders or it is set in such a way that they prevent the electronic datas remaining. >> reporter: but the autosafety experts offered this warning. >> cutting corners on safety is no bargain for anyone. and if the consumer, the manufacturer, or the government. >> and now toyota again says that they will send the engineers to train the u.s. technicians on how to use the devices. the company's executives say that they have learned important recalls from this. and they will listen to the customer complaints and act in a timely matter. we've got another consumer alert about another auto recall tonight. general motors is recalling $1.3 million chevrolet in pontiacs to fix problems for the power hearings. they cover 2005 to 2010 chevrolet cobalts and 2007 to 2010 pontiac g5. those cars are safe to drive, but it may be harder to steer under 15 miles an hour. notices are being sent to owners. well, the news is not all

bad for gm. and from the northeast to multiple winter storms. the largest automakers saw their february sales rise 11.5%. but ford appeared to be the biggest beneficiary of the safety problems. their u.s. sales jumped 43% last month. and february was the first time since august of 1998. that ford outsold gm. president obama is offering americans a deal that they might find hard to refuse. during a visit to the tech college in savannah. they announced that people that buy the energy saving equipment for their home can get an on-the-spot rebate of $1,000 or more. mr. obama says that it will help people save money on their utility bills and create jobs. president obama will also add the republican ideas to his revised health care package that is being announced tomorrow. the house majority leader says he believes the public will support many key elements of this bill. >> most of the things in our bill, the deficiencies, the

extensions, the transparent free markets to get to your insurance. and most people on the individual items, they say yes, we're for that. they think that is good policy. >> reporter: the congressman says that the new plan is one supporting lawmakers will be able to defend to voters in the upcoming fall election. a new report cuts drinking -- suggests drinking and drug use is going back up again. the partnership for the drug-free america conducting the survey found 39% of the high school students saying they drank alcohol in the last month. that's up from 35% a year before. and 25% of the teens said that they had smoked marijuana in the past month, again, up from 19% last year. and pot and alcohol use has been on the decline in the u.s. for over a decade -- decade. >> we're getting the beginnings of whatever is coming. >> pretty intense storm. we have had a close eye on this since last wednesday, bringing some snow. looking impressive at one time. don't freak out. let's start with your best shot though. this is a beautiful shot

overlooking virginia. this is in between the blizzard after the fifth and sixth storm before the ninth and tenth storm. i never thought we would have to say that in between blizzards. but there you go. thank you. we appreciate it. if you want to send us something, pretty easy. go to our website, wusa9.com. click on the weather tab. follow the dropdown menu. you'll see a command or an option to submit your best shot. please include your name and your hometown and a little brief description. okay, here we go. next three days. tomorrow, we're going to see some snow in the morning. then a mixed bag of rain and snow, light activity in the afternoon. highs around in the 40s. notice the temperatures well above freezing. partly sunny on thursday. not bad. and although still kind of chilly. high temperatures about 45. but with more sunshine. okay, tonight, cloudy and cold. rain changing to snow. an inch or less on the grassy services. low temperatures, 30 to 35. winds northeasterly at 10 to 15. the storm really is going to deepen or intensify all the north carolina coast.

let me show you live doppler right now. for the most part, it is rain. although we did get an e-mail out there in the form of the snow. this is actually a little further inland than they should be. primarily rain. so tonight's commute, they are going to be wet. but for the most part, this is all going to kick the snow tonight. and certainly west out there of i-95. and it will turn to snow already snowing in the new markets for them and down always as we mentioned earlier, to greensburg and raleigh and durham. back to the computer we go. we'll talk about the forecast. just accumulated snow. we can see the accumulations. primarily west of i-95. one, two, maybe three inches out there and maybe two to three inches out towards martinsburg. so here's the deal. another koas it will. rain goes to -- rain goes to the snow tonight. pretty steady from midnight to 8 a.m. it'll be heavy snow. mainly collecting on the trees and the grassy services. we're concerned about that. we don't think that we'll get enough in terms of the accumulation to cause any power problems. we'll monitor that. also go out there to click on

the power cast. for more, mainly on the grassy services. here you go. one to two inches, even over towards baltimore. two o four out -- two to four out there in the mountains. tomorrow morning, light snow. an additional inch or a less. and then by the afternoon, primarily just light rain or snow. high temperatures around 40. winds are northwesterly at 10 to 20 and gusty. kind of the raw day really. temperatures, thankfully above freezing. right now, 37 at arlington. and 36 up at rockville. 34 in gaithersburg. satellite picture. here comes the storm. it'll be an intense little storm. going on in the west of carolinas. this storm brought the snow to the atlantas today. snow and rain mixed tomorrow. hagerstown, 41. 41 downtown. we're looking at primarily the snow changing to rain. it'll be very light in the afternoon. next seven days then. 41 tomorrow. snow goes to a mix. and then 44 on thursday. and still chilly on

friday. mid-40s. then we're back in the 50s finally. mid-50s on sunday. we check out the drop on sunday. the mid-50s to the upper 50s on monday. next chance of rain will be on tuesday. and again, i think we really need to get through march 15 before we sound the all clear. >> we want to keep it in the 50s. that would be nice. >> that would be great. thank you. coming up, an elementary school student, sharing a pot laced box of cereal. >> but first, a driver takes a shot at a police officer. i'm peggy fox with momslikeme.com. learn to save hundreds of dollars by fixing that leak sigh faucet -- that leaking faucet yourself. come to a free short course at michael and son in alexandria. it's easy to get to. get directions and defails on --detailsonmomslikeme.com. you'll be able to get the basic

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welcome back. let's reset some of the top stories making news right now. the all clear has been given on first street northeast of dc where a suspicious white powder was contained in a letter that had been delivered to the american psychological association. and the fbi had seized that envelope that says it doesn't look like it presents any danger. the deposition exhibit no. council voted unanimously -- the dc council voted unanimously, following the report that he violated conflicts of interest laws by helping to secure a contract for a girlfriend. three people are under arrest following the crackdown on human trafficking in montgomery county. police say that in one case, a woman as young as 15 was forced to work as a prostitute. today, the nation's postmaster declaring the u.s. postal service is in serious

financial troubles. now, they are asking congress to approve the end of the delivery and the increase postal rates. scott broom is live there tonight with reactions. >> what are you hearing? >> well, the postmaster general is talking about big reforms. those are the kinds of reforms that you could really need the huge changes. particularly a small neighborhood post office like this one here in the heart of montgomery county. this is the best post office in the world. >> the 87-year-old, is the kind of postal customer that there just aren't a lot of anymore. >> and to all my e-mails here inside. the new kind of customers. tracy and her iphone with e-mail. >> it kind of makes the post office feel like yesterday. >> i hope not. and maybe they love the post office. >> i like coming here. the ladies, they feel very helpful. they are being nice. >> reporter: the problem s all that e-mails means a lot less real mail. regardless on how she feels about here hometown post office. >> here's how bad it is for the

post office. last year, the postal service lost $300 million. at 44 cents a pop, that's a lot of peeling. and a stick. >> reporter: the answer, according to the postmaster general, begins with an end to saturday's delivery. and higher rates for postage. sacrifices that are worth it, according to the people who love the gar rete park -- garrett park post office the most. >> we've got to save the post office. saturday may have to go. that's a minimum price we could pay for this. >> it is just one less day you could do business. i think overtime, it'll tell in the sense that people will be less able to make money. >> reporter: that's paul dixon, another person who depends on the post office among other things, deliveries of his medicine. another divisional divide here. noticed on the wusa9.com fans on facebook who were not even sent

mental about losing saturday's delivery according to one poster on the computer. it is just one thing he's not going to get. reporting live, scott broom, 9news now. >> yeah, but just a delay. you'll still get them. all right, thank you. >> yeah, just on monday. >> thank you. tiger woods is back home in orlando. a source says that the golfer returned on saturday after the week of the family counseling in arizona. with his reportedly hitting balls again at the range near his house, that there is no timetable for his return to the tour. the smithsonian is saying no thanks to the offer of the suit o.j. simpson was wearing when he was acquitted in 1995. the decision comes a day after they approved the donation as a solution to the court battle. a smithsonian's court battle says that simpson's suit is not appropriate for the museum's collection. four men are charged with using sophisticated computer

programs to hack into ticket masters and other websites. prosecutors say that the men's company, wise guy tickets, made an estimated $29 million profit where they focused on highly coveted ticket shows for dave matthews and other popular acts. many of those events held in new jersey's giant stadium in that center next door. boston police are looking for the people behind a huge bridal scam. nearly 6,000 people and businesses paid large fees to attend the nonexist tent -- existent site. telling your friends you're leaving your house or about to go on vacation. but here's the deal. that could be reposted to vacation sharing websites, letting bad guys know that you're not at home. in this safe and sound report, our lindsey mastis, shows us how easy they could find you.

>> reporter: it's a high-tech twist to a traditional burglary. today, i'm the burglar. i'm relying on something social networking experts call geo tagging. >> it takes the gps cord nans of where you currently are right now and it will attach that to whatever media you are. >> reporter: most people use these cell phone applications. >> when you put your location and information out on the internet, there is a great opportunity to allow you to connect to more people. >> reporter: sites like please rob me show you how easy it is to get the information it links to his account giving me a map of the location. that links to his facebook page where i get his full name and picture. then i look up his address on whitepages.com. >> that is kind of creepy. i found adam right where he said he would be, at the restaurant

at tyson's corner. >> you worry about someone breaking out there. >> i have given them a good start. but to make it easy on myself, i'm going to go straight on the geo tagging website. >> i could search by location. and i find a guy named brett. i get his full name from twitter and again, his address is on white pages. >> when i look on whitepages.com, i'm going to use an old method to give them a call on the cell phone to see if anyone answers. >> no one comes. >> i'm pretty cautious. as the burglar, i don't want neighbors to become suspicious. and so i knock on the door. and then i take a quick peek. when i lifted up the mail slot, i didn't see a dog, even though that i heard barking. i know that the dog is put away. we come back a few hours later to tell them that we were there. >> and i do ask him. like why do you want people to know where you are? i don't think that they really let anybody know.

>> i think that it is surprising. >> meeting up with brett at work later. >> i'm a big fan of being open. and because that's kind of the point for them of all that social media. and you know, i'm an adult. >> he's also an educator and says that this has been an eye opening lesson. >> there is a way to protect yourself. users have to set the privacy controls on every social networking account for them, not just the ones that deal with the tagging. i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now. coming up, the king of all media grants of the interviews. >> just the mere mention of jay leno's name, makes me want to vomit. >> i don't like this guy. i'll tell them how they feel. and sharing some feelings about jay leno's return to the tonight show.

this just in from new york city. considering charges against naomi campbell. she started slapping and punching her driver. a law enforcement official says that the driver stopped the car in midtown manhattan and called 911. campbell jumped out of the car and ran away. police are talking to that driver at a local precinct right now. jay leno back on the tonight show and one of the critics is breaking his silence. howard stern shared his thoughts on jay's late night return. >> and i went on conan o'brien's show, telling them that you don't really think that you're getting the tonight show. first of all, they were completely sabotaged by going on at 10 to give jay all the best guests. taking away all of conan o'brien's excitement and thunder. and they sabotaged him. jay should have dusted himself off, gone to another network. certainly had the money and the offers. and they gone onto beat

conan and beat them, all these guys. >> i'm your host. at least incidentally, the ratings for conan o'brien's show, back for the show last night. coming up, the longest jump ever on the harley. >> but first in tonight's consumer alert, fixing that winter storm damage to your home. britain, they may want to pay that. >> i have had my share, lesli. of course, it's tuesday. that means it's time for the latest installment of the good, the bad, and the ugly. tonight, the gallery that turned into angie goff re-- into an angry mob. so they bought one. explaning in nine minutes. topper could leave that around here. >> we could certainly use some. rain turning to snow. take you out to live doppler. a lot of this showing up. west of town, north of town, up there to 270. certainly snowing back to the west of us. everyone turning to snow tonight. speaking of the late night talk shows. here are the highlights from letterman last night. >> thank you very much. >> welcome to the late show.

my name is dave letterman. same time, same hosts. >> that's right. [ laughter ] >> thank you. >> hi. >> you are confined to the apartment 24 hours a day. >> look, you're under federal investigation. but you need to find out why. >> the good wife, all new on cbs tonight.

homeowners around the region are still trying to get things back to normal after the recent storms and all the damage that came with them. some may need to call in the pros for the backups. make sure you don't get that for yourself. >> if you have a new rap tore of the -- rapture of the areas that are broken and affecting the big pieces for them. and that they have that turned away and pieces on the loose decks that have caved in and things like that. and be patient, don't overreact. and the president, saying that they pay to get several bids on the contractors to fix the storm damages on your home. >> take enough time for them. and the different bloopers to come out to your home to get

the competitive bids on them. center they get itemized to know exabtly what is being offered. the contracts that spells out -- spills out specifically for them. and to make sure that they are licensed. and they had protect you in case you're getting sued. to make the best case for your homeowners insurance policies to cover those repairs. >> before you have that worked out and sort of detroy the ugly scene, but fixing it, you'll want to get your insurance company to come out and fully document exactly what was wrong. and if you have coverage with this kind of thing. >> some agents are advising the policyholders to go ahead and fix them right away if they could be damaged by the another storm. and the rule of thumbs, always standing by your agents to keep in mind that the approved cost of damage, minus your

detuckettables -- deductibles. now, for more tips on repairing storm damage, go to our website on wusa9.com and click on living smart. >> and an american biker is the new world record holder for the longest jump ever on a harley davidson. seth scored 184 feet today in sydney, australia. the jump shattered the old record set in vegas, 150 feet in 1999. again, he made it 184 feet on that harley. 9news now at 6 is less than 15 minutes away. here's a look at what we have new for you tonight. >> the disgusting paybacks that are within the bible trends that evade us, completely outnumbering anything that we have. >> and so is it an attack on religion or free speech? a group offering the college students free porn for their bibles. new details of a woman describing her abortion as she goes through the process. and controversies

surrounding cast stars -- caps star, alexander ovechkin. those stories and more coming up new at 6:00. it is already raining in our area and snowy at some parts. even though they are showing that up 270 and some snow out to the west. and now, we're not overly concerned right now. but a couple of inches possible overnight. it'll be the wet snow. they will be fine. the grasses and the trees could be a different matter. we'll keep you posted. all right, next three days. snow tomorrow morning. and then it will turn to just a mix of some light rain and very little happens accumulation wise. 44 on thursday. returning partly sunny. and pretty nice on friday. at least it'll be a bright day. but still chilly. temperatures in the mid-40s for the highs. tonight, cloudy and cold. rain changes to snow. an inch or less on the grassy areas. low temperatures, 30 to 35. winds increasing a little bit northeasterly at 10 to 15, as they really deepens or intensifies all the coast. this must be like number 10 off the coastal storm this

went -- winter. we'll show you that most of this is in the form of rain. and if you go up passed here, you'll find the wet snowflakes out 66, you'll find the west snowflakes. this is certainly all snow. that is approaching 95. now, let me zoom in a little bit off to the west. and some of this is showing up as rain, but it really is in fact snow. especially out towards warrington as you go down 17. even just to the west of manassas, the wet snowflakes showing up as well. back to the computers we go. we'll talk about the forecast in terms of the snowfall. and we could see an inch. look how this lines up. almost exactly to the west of i-95. an inch or two of wet snow possible with more in the mountains. maybe even two to four inches. up towards martinsburg and in parts of the valley. and another coastal, rain goes to snow tonight. pretty good steady snow, between midnight and 8 a.m. it'll be heavy snow. it will collect on the trees. we'll keep you posted if you have any problems. mainly on the grassy services.

again, primarily west of i-95. two to four inches to the north. light snow, at least around 40. then by the afternoon, just a mix, no big deal in the afternoons. temperatures around the 40, all rain, south and east of the town. and this is saving us in terms of the roadway. here comes the system. it's going to really intensify now off the carolina coast. we're going to talk about the beach erosion. winds will be 40 miles per hour and the shore tied into tomorrow. 41 tomorrow. rain and snow. 44 on thursday. then the mid-40s on friday. back in the low 50s on friday. back in the mid-50s on sunday. we're in pretty good shape on monday. then some rain. but it's still warm. temperatures in the low 50s next tuesday. is >> yes, we will. and it is. as badly as we need to see the sun from the weather around here, wait until you see how badly these folks in italy have needed to see the sun. it is the excellent and not so excellent in the world of the sports. the good, the bad, the ugly.

i'm starting to believe that rocky, the denver nuggets area, half court backwards. the guy is a dead eye shooter. and he's a furry which makes it something that you cannot see. because you've got the head. >> just like something like that, right? >> wow. >> anyway, here is the best solution to a century's old problem. the town out here in italy has never gotten any sunlight that sits in the tine lie little valley -- tiny little mountains valley area. commissioning the 200 square foot mirror with the helicopter mounted on top of the island. a few days of the suns, reflecting down to the town. of course, they had a big party to celebrate. how should we say it, daytime. daytime has arrived. we're having a party. >> yeah. probably should be. this is chandler parsons of georgia. this is great, because watch them catch it and throw it down, all with one hand. i'm guessing that he has a real big hand there or paw, or

whatever he's got attached to his wrist there. just big. speaking of one hand. how about orlando's vince carter. 86 feet away from his toosh with one hand. he nails it. i'm not sure where that comes in handy though. but if you need it, then that is a toosh shot in the game. you don't find yourself out there. but whatever. let's go to the bad, the worse foul. kobe bryant. not sure what you call this defense here. but he got them with all of their attention. that's what you call a player control foul if you know what i mean. but hey, he's one of the best defenders on the league. maybe that's how you become that way. >> and the defense, they talk to the coach about that, after 16 years, he finally found a way to stop them. and he does it for themselves. he steps out on the court there. he gives them a little shove. and jason, look at the elbow, really spishuated the contact there. but the coach got the technical foul, because he was

technically on the forecast. most ungolf like crowd. the gallery at the phoenix open. this is ramiro lining up that shot there on the hole. taking their sweet time here. backing away from the shots. listening to the crowd here. >> i kind of like that. who said you had to be quiet? hit the ball already or we're going to boo you off the peak. let's go to the ugly. the worst result from them. they are going up to block the shot here. i don't know if they could see them here. but watch the replay. smashing their head on the back board as they are leaping. man, if i had a nickel for every time i hit my head on the back board. >> did that happen? >> i would have, no money whatsoever. finally, most pi czar celebration, this is roger flores, scoring the goal here. watch them as they make that line there. his own team's mascot, the crew's arrow there on fox. he yanks the head off of the

fox. and then he puts it on their own head and they start running around as the mascot is left headless. that's a shame because that is the mascot's code. is that you're never suppose to be seen without your head. no one knows that better than the furry person or the lover of the furries. >> yeah. that's very true. coming u, getting -- coming up, getting their voice back thanks to the new amazing technology. and the hits and recovery time, how doctors are doing it, it's next. don't forget, we're always on, wusa9.com, stay with us. tonight's living well segment is next. with fios you have instant access

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film critter and survivor -- critic and survivor tried out the new system on the oprah winfrey show. losing his voice and is using a computer-generated voice ever since. now, they captured the sound of his real voice for movie commentary tracks. >> this is the first computer voice that still needs improvement, but at least it sounds like me. >> so they say, you know, i'm the full cost of many years experience. because you use some of the old stuff that i have created. >> the voice needs tweaking, but it does sound like him. hip replacement surgery, traditionally, that's meant sometimes five days in the hospital. and weeks, months sometimes with the walker or the cain. and now, some patients that

are up and around in as little as five hours after surgery. take a look. >> until recently, there weren't many things to stop the 80-year-old in potomac. >> i have been a lifelong jogger and an exerciser. when i see that into the grand canyons. >> reporter: but eventually, years of running and other pursuits wore down the joints in their left hip. >> in the normal hip, the area is nice and smooth, and the ice covering a piece of concrete. glfer the orthopedic -- >> reporter: the orthopedic surgeon said that a new procedure called the total direct interior hip replacement needs fewer incisions allowing patients, a factor recovery. center what we're doing now, we're going through the front of the hip. and we're going through the two muscles here. just to take the full piece out here. essentially, that lets us go straight down onto the hip without going through the muscle. >> he says that the standard hip replacement procedures go into the side with the back. going directly to the front,

saving the patients tissue and leaves functioning nerves intact. >> so we have created a new service which in most cases, is a plastic on medal surface. >> includes installing the medal-like prong that self- locks and acts as a hip prosthesis, allowing them to get back to the active life. >> i know i would like to go back to being a good audiocassetter. i don't think that they will get back to the schemes. but being able to, you know, see some reasonable distance, i mean, i'm not out to prove anything. i'm just out there. to maintain the level of fitness that i have had. a great part of my life. >> we wish him well. this is not for everybody. exposing the hip weighs more. but the challenge that they take at hand, on the part of the surgeon. special instruments and even the custom operating table. and also, please join me tonight at 11 for a new way to fight the pimples or talking on